Space Economy · 28 July 2026
What Boards Get Wrong About the Space Economy
Most board-level conversations about space start in the wrong place: the rocket. The value is somewhere else entirely.
Speaker · Workshop Facilitator
Sofia Almeida
Space Policy Advisor, European Institutions
- Location
- Brussels, Belgium
- Languages
- English, Portuguese, French
- Roles
- Speaker, Workshop Facilitator
About
Sofia Almeida advises on European space policy and funding instruments, working between institutions, agencies and industry.
She gives audiences the map: who decides, on what timescale, and how a company can position itself inside a programme cycle.
She facilitates strategy workshops for organisations building a European public affairs approach.
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